Photos of the Week: March 31-April 5

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SOLEMN MOMENT: A child received communion at Regina Mundi church in the Soweto section of Johannesburg, South Africa, on Sunday.
Carl de Souza/AFP/Getty Images…

STRESS RELIEVER: Spain's David Ferrer showed his frustrations as he headed for a three-set defeat by Great Britain's Andy Murray Sunday in their final match at the Sony Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center in Key Biscayne, Fla.
Clive Brunskill/Getty Images…

RAPID RESCUE: A Bowling Green, Ky., firefighter careened through the rapids of a river on Monday after trying to help rescue two teenage fishermen stranded in rapids after their boat overturned. The boys were rescued. The firefighter was hospitalized; details of his injuries weren't available.
Joe Imel/Daily News/Associated Press…

CHEAP SLEEP: People slept on charpoy beds near a railway station in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday. Guesthouses using frame-and-rope charpoy beds are only set up at night from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. for the homeless, passengers and drivers, charging about 40 U.S. cents per night.
Akhtar Soomro/Reuters…

GRUESOME INJURY: Louisville teammates gathered around teammate Kevin Ware after he broke his right leg in first-half action in the NCAA Midwest regional final game against Duke Sunday in Indianapolis. Louisville won the game, 85-63.
Sam Riche/MCT/Zuma Press…

START THE PRESSES: Workers arranged the pages of a newspaper in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday. Since 1963, Myanmar's government has banned private daily newspapers, but beginning Monday, newspapers were allowed to be distributed on a daily basis.
Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters…

OUTNUMBERED: Activists smashed pieces of bricks on the head of Jahangir Alam, officer-in-charge of Upashahar police camp, and tried to snatch his pistol during a clash in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, Monday. At least four policemen were injured, local media reported.
Reuters…

RABBIT TRAP: A man dressed as the Easter Bunny was given a warning by a California Highway Patrol officer in La Mesa, Calif., Sunday. The man was stopped on his motorcycle for not wearing a proper safety helmet and because his costume might impair his vision.
CHP/Reuters…

TRAGEDY: A woman was comforted as relatives waited to retrieve the bodies of fire victims for a funeral in Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday. A fire blamed on an electrical fault killed 13 teenage boys at a Muslim school in the city on Tuesday, police and witnesses said.
Damir Sagolj/Reuters…

FACE TO FACE: Ukrainian riot police guarded the country's parliament building during an opposition rally in Kiev Tuesday. Demonstrators rallied to demand a mayoral election and to complain that the city was slow to clean up after a blizzard paralyzed the Ukrainian capital last month.
Efrem Lukatsky/Associated Press…

RENEWED VIOLENCE: Stone-throwing Palestinian protesters took cover during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Hebron, after Maysara Abu Hamdeya, a Palestinian inmate, died from cancer in an Israeli hospital on Tuesday.
Reuters…

SHOOTING HOOPS: Children played basketball at a park in Baltimore, Monday.
Patrick Semansky/Associated Press…

ONE ON ONE: Afghan children played ghursai, a traditional rural boys' game, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Monday. To play, children hold one foot in one hand and then try to knock down their opponent.
Noorullah Shirzada/AFP/Getty Images…

PIGGYBACK: A soldier evacuated an elderly woman from a flooded street in La Plata, Argentina, Wednesday. Massive flooding caused by torrential rains has killed dozens of people in and around Buenos Aires, officials said.
Daniel Garcia/AFP/Getty Images…

BROTHERLY LOVE: Men walked together before performing rituals of penance during the Danda festival, or the festival of self-punishments, in Ganjam, India, Wednesday. Devotees performed penitential rituals to appease Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction.
Biswaranjan Rout/Associated Press…

OUT OF PLACE: A member of the Free Syrian Army held his weapon as he sat on a sofa in the middle of a street in Deir ez-Zor, Syria, Tuesday.
Khalil Ashawi/Reuters…

BICYCLE BOYS: Flags representing political groups flapped in the wind as boys rode past on bicycles in Tumpat, Malaysia, Wednesday. Prime Minister Najib Razak dissolved Parliament on Wednesday, paving the way for general elections.
Samsul Said/Reuters…

A NEW STRAIN: A doctor waited for a blood sample at an isolation ward where a patient suffering from H7N9 bird flu was being treated in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, Thursday. Five people have died among 14 confirmed cases of the new flu strain, Chinese officials said.
Chance Chan/Reuters…

TENSE TIMES: Police escorted the body of Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh during his funeral in Hebron, West Bank, Thursday. Mr. Hamdiyeh, 64 years old, died of throat cancer on Tuesday in an Israeli hospital. Outraged Palestinians say the Israelis didn't give him proper treatment.
Nasser Shiyoukhi/Associated Press…

TRAPPED: A leopard trapped in a well looked up to forest officials in Guwahati, India, Thursday. According to locals, the leopard fell into the well while scouring for food.
Anupam Nath/Associated Press…

AFTERMATH: Wounded children received treatment at a hospital Thursday, a day after Taliban gunmen killed dozens of people at a courthouse in Farah province, Afghanistan, officials said.
Aref Karimi/AFP/Getty Images…

DISPLACED: Roma people, who were evicted from their camp, received food on Wednesday in front of an administrative court in Lyon, France, before a hearing regarding the ruling on their eventual rehousing.
Jeff Pachoud/AFP/Getty Images…